Date:         Mon, 17 May 2010 21:38:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Sigurd Hermansen <HERMANS1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternative for "goto" in do loop
Comments: To: Joe Whitehurst <joewhitehurst@gmail.com>
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At risk of falling out of the top 10,000, I'll say "... the millions of people who buy MS Windows or the iBook, use the Google search engine, etc. are selecting one program over many others when they purchase programs, browse Web sites, and in other ways make products successful." You don't have to be a Bob Dylan to know that Microsoft, Apple, and Google have developed successful programs.

Dialogues on the 'L as elsewhere are like puppies. One has to appreciate them for what they are. Dissecting them doesn't help explain why people find them appealing. It also spoils the fun.

So how did this 'Alternative for "go to" ...' train of thought run this far off track? Now that would be an interesting phenomenon to study ... If only I had a brain.
S

From: Joe Whitehurst [mailto:joewhitehurst@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:06 PM
To: Sigurd Hermansen
Cc: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
Subject: Re: Alternative for "goto" in do loop

 Successful applications of computer technologies evoke an analogy that people understand.  What people? Where? In what context? Under what circumstances? When? And so on. I would have expected more from the second most penetrating mind on SAS-L. (I'm sorry Toby, you are in third place among these elite minds!)